Abstract
DRS. MITTASCH AND THEIS have provided a charming record of work on surface catalysis during a period of half a century from Davy and Döbereiner to Deacon, and have dedicated it to Wilhelm Ostwald. The book is illustrated by portraits of the three workers whose names appear in the title and of twelve of their contemporaries, together with a more recent portrait of Prof. Horstmann, who died at Heidelberg in 1929. The narrative is also illustrated with some fourteen diagrams, including a series of Dobereiner lamps and allied devices for ignition with the help of spongy platinum or the like.
Von Davy und Döbereiner bis Deacon: ein halbes Jahrhundert Grenzflächenkatalyse.
Von A. Mittasch E. Theis. Pp. 278 + 16 Tafeln. (Berlin: Verlag Chemie G.m.b.H., 1932.) 18.50 gold marks.
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Von Davy und Döbereiner bis Deacon: ein halbes Jahrhundert Grenzflächenkatalyse . Nature 131, 150–151 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/131150b0
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